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SBI BANK CLERK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in MAY 2008 ? (A) Rajeev Chandrashekha (B) Anand Mahindra (C) K.V.Kamath (D) Ganesh Natarajan (E) None of these Ans (C) 2. Th World's longest Sea Bridge has been established in (A) India (B) USA (C) Japan (D) Malaysia (E) China Ans (E) 3. 12th UNCTAD (UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT) miniterial lavel conference was held in April 2008 at (A) New Delhi (India) (B) Accra (Ghana) (C) Islamabad (Pakistan) (D) Dhaka (Bangladesh) (E) Kathmandu (Nepal) Ans (B) 4. At which place Indias first Indira Gandhi National Tribal University would be set up ? (A) Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh) (B) Nagpur (C) Hyderabad (D) Noida (E) Patna Ans (A) 5. Nathula Pass is located in the State : (A) Nagaland (B) Sikkim (C)West Bengal (D) Assam (E) Tripura Ans (B) 6. THE 2007 Durand Cup has been won by (A) Mohan Bagan (B) Mahindra United (C) Churchill Brothers (D) Central Railways (E) None of these Ans (C) 7. Who amongst the following has been named as the Forbes Asia Businessman of the year 2007 ? (A) K.V.Kamath (B) Ratan Tata (C) Nandan Nilekani (D) Ajim Premji (E) None of these Ans (A) 8. Konkan Railway is building worlds tallest railways bridge in which of the following states ? (A) Punjab (B) Jammu & Kashmir (C) Maharashtra (D) Kerala (E) None of these Ans (B) 9. The author the book Jyoti Punj is (A) Sonia Gandhi (B) Narendra Modi (C) Jaswant Singh (D) Pervez Musharraf (E) None of these Ans (B) 10. World Investment Report is an annual publication of : (A) UNCTAD (B) WTO (C) World Bank (D)IMF (E) ADB Ans (A) 11. Which of the following countries has the maximum amount of external debt ? (A) USA (B) Brazil (C)Mexico (D) Japan (E) Russia Ans (A) 12. Lee Myung Bak is the president of (A) China (B) South Korea (C) North Korea (D) Malaysia (E) None of these Ans (B) 13. The author the book My Country My Life is (A) Sonia Gandhi (B) L.K.Advani (C) Jaswant Singh (D) Pervez Musharraf (E) None of these Ans (B) 14. Who has been won the Prem Bhatia Award for the year 2008 ? (A) Nagma (B) Shweta Singh (C) Nirupama Subramaniam (D) Nalini Singh (E) None of these Ans (C) 15. Who has been won Commonwealth Writers Prize 2008 ? (A) Kiran Desai (B) Shweta Singh (C) Rupashree Nanda (D) Indra Sinha (E) None of these Ans (D) 16. What is the full form of the term PIARC ? (A) Permanent International Association of Road Congress (B) Permanent Indian Association of Road Congress (C) Permanent International Accident of Road Congress (D) Permanent International Association of Rapid Congress (E) None of these Ans (A) 17. What is the percentage of the African countries in the earth areas ? (A) 28% (B) 18% (C) 20% (D) 25%(E) 35% Ans (C) 18. International womens day is celebrated every year on (A) January 26 (B) March 8 (C) August 26 (D) December 8 (E) None of these Ans (B) 19. Gary Kirsten signed a two year contract with BCCI to coach the Indian Cricket team, belongs to : (A) South Africa (B) England (C) West Indies (D) Australia (E) New Zealand Ans (A) 20. Capital formation in an economy depends on : (A) Total income (B) Total savings (C) Total demand (D) Total Production (E) None of these Ans (D) 21. The National Old age Pension Scheme has now been extended to cover the entire BPL people above of age (A) 55 years (B) 60 years (C) 62 years (D) 65 years (E) None of these Ans (D) 22. According to the Union Finance Minister , by which year will India become middle income nation ? (A) 2015 (B) 2025 (C) 2030 (D) 2032 (E) 2040 Ans (B) 23. Who has been conferred to Miss India World 2008 ? (A) Simran Kaur Mundi (B) Tanvi Vyas (C) Parvathy Omanakuttan (D) Pooja Chitgopekar (E) None of these Ans (C) 24. The 20th Interpol Asian Regional Conference was held in March 2008 at _ (A) India (B) Hong Kong (C) Kuala Lumpur (D) Moscow (E) None of these Ans (B) 25. Who is the new President of Russia ? (A) Vladimir Putin (B) Dmitry Medvedev (C) Viktor Chernomyrdin (D) Boris Yeltsin (E) None of these Ans (B) 1. India testfired Agni III onâ (A) May 15, 2008 (B) May 17, 2008 (C) May 20, 2008 (D) May 7, 2008 2. Which one of the following countries is not included in the elite club which India joined after its successful test firing of Agni IIIâ (A) Russia (B) U.S.A. (C) U.K. (D) France 3. M. Natrajan isâ (A) Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister (B) Chief Controller and Programme Director of Agni Missile System (C) Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister (D) None of the above 4. Currently which one of the following organizations is celebrating its golden jubilee (year) ? (A) ISRO (B) CBI (C) DRDO (D) NASSCOM 5. India and Malaysia held their joint naval exercise atâ (A) Andman island (B) Nicobar island (C) Lumut (D) Kualalampur 6. SERB stands forâ (A) Social Enlightenment and Research Board (B) Scientific And Engineering Research Board (C) Scientistsâ and Engineersâ Research Board (D) Science and Engineering Research Board 7. CEP (Circular Error Probability) is associated withâ (A) Prithvi II (B) Chandryan I (C) Narco Analysis test conducted on Aarushisâ alleged murderer (D) The finalization of IndoUS Nuclear deal 8. The country which recently announced to have its own version of Star Warsâ (A) France (B) Japan (C) China (D) North Korea 9. The Indian state which, in May 2008, launched Food Security Schemeâ (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Chhattisgarh (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Jammu & Kashmir 10. The most coveted award at the 61st Cannes Film Festival was received byâ (A) âHungerâ (B) Line of Passage (C) âThe Classâ (D) Three Monkeys 11. The Winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Contest isâ (A) Ravi Kumar (B) Sameer Mishra (C) Kuljit Singh (D) None of these 12. âTravelling Through Conflictâ is a book written byâ (A) Hamid Ansari (B) Cherie Blair (C) Balraj Krishna (D) Salman Rushdie 13. According to the Global Peace Index released in May 2008, the most peaceful country on the earth isâ (A) New Zealand (B) Norway (C) Denmark (D) Iceland 14. Which of the following was recently granted Navratna status to ? (A) PGCIL (B) REC (C) NALCO (D) All the above 15. In terms of billionnaire population. Mumbai ranksâ¦â¦ at world level ? (A) Sixth (B) Fifth (C) Fourth (D) Seventh 16. According to a report, the number of Indians who have a problem of loud snor ing during sleep isâ (A) 35 million (B) 36 million (C) 40 million (D) 45 million 17. The government has planned to establish â¦â¦â¦â¦ universities of global standards ac ntry ? (A) 10 (B) 14 (C) 20 (D) 16 18. The government has increased Minimum Support Price ofâ (A) Wheat (B) Paddy (C) Cane (D) None of these 19. India recently refused to accept the offer of funds/loans from World Bank fo râ (A) Disaster management (B) NorthEast projects (C) Tiger protection (D) None of the above 20. Yves Saint Laurent recently died. He was aâ (A) U.S.A. film director (B) First man to go to Mars mission (C) Renowned fashion designer (D) An internationally renowned financial expert Answers: 1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (C) 11. (B) 1 2. (A) 13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (D) 16. (B) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20 (C) Bank of Baroda Probationary Officers. Exam 2008 (Held on 05102008) General SocioEconomic & Banking Awareness 1. RBI's open market operation transactions are carried out with a view to regul ate ____ (A) Liquidity in the economy (B) Prices of essential commodities (C) Inflation (D) Borrowing power of the banks (E) All the above Ans (E) 2. Open market operations , one of the measures taken by RBI in order to control credit expansion in the economy means ____ (A) Sale or purchase of Govt. securities (B) Issuance of different types of bonds (C) Auction of gold (D) To make available direct finance to borrowers (E) None of these Ans (A) 3. The bank rate means ___ (A) Rate of interest charged by commercial banks from borrowers (B) Rate of interest at which commercial banks discounted bills of their borrowe rs (C) Rate of interest allowed by commercial banks on their deposits (D) Rate at which RBI purchases or rediscounts bills of exchange of commercial b anks (E) None of these Ans (D) 4. What is an Indian Depository Receipt? (A) A deposit account with a Public Sector Bank (B) A deposit account with any of depositories in India (C) An instrument in the form of depository receipt created by an Indian deposit ory against underlying equity shares of the issuing company (D) An instrument in the form of deposit receipt issued by an Indian depositorie s (E) None of these Ans (C) 5. Fiscal deficit is ____ (A) total income less Govt. borrowing (B) total payments less total receipts (C) total payments less capital receipts (D) total expenditure less total receipts excluding borrowing (E) None of these Ans (D) 6. In the capital market , the term arbitrage is used with reference to ____ (A) purchase of securities to cover the sale (B) sale of securities to reduce the loss on purchase (C) simultaneous purchase and sale of securities to make profits from price (D) variation in different markets (E) Any of the above Ans (C) 7.